Spectacular Night Launch Sends NASA Satellites on Hunt for Magnetic Collisions
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 23:00
in Astronomy & Space
An Atlas V rocket lit up the night sky over Florida, like a larger-than-life roman candle, at 10:44 p.m. EDT on March 12 (0244 GMT March 13). The rocket carried a scientific experiment that will study an explosive phenomenon taking place in Earth's magnet